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Otherwise, I would start by identifying the project scope and their needs.

What does the website need to do? What goals are they trying to achieve? I would also find out what the constraints are. Are they locked into a proprietary CMS that you'll need to work in or around? Are they locked into their hosting? Do they have legacy apps that need to be maintained?

The phrase "website updates" is hollow. That could be anything from developing a CMS to changing a phone number on a static page, which makes it hard to offer much more in the way of advice.

Unfortunenately its all i know at this time. I think that they want something completely new, The person they had before used dreamweaver to create their site and it looks alright but the code behind it is ugly. I'm really hopeing to get to redesign mostly from scratch.

Any historical background info that you can find out in the course of interviewing and getting specs for the job could help you to be more successful based on the criteria the company is using to evaluate/judge the previous designer.

Beyond that Chat (above) is right on track.

Make sure you send them a written proposal, and when that is agreed upon get a signed contract including division of responsibilities, time line estimates as applicable, who owns the code and when (hint hint -- when the job is completely paid for). There's not much worse than tearing into a job like this and not getting either content you need, or timely reviews from a client, then having them upset over how long the job is taking! Also, make sure they sign off that they own copyright or have written permission to use any material/copy/photos they provide to you.

HTH,

Eric

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